I was about to write a similar response...
And If Moss thinks this will limit their liability, imagine the court case,
Moss rep is on the stand, lawyer for client injured on a rack that failed while
on a picnic drive with his wife in the mountains...
"Sir, can you explain why your company repeatedly offered the disclaimer that
your rack wasn't suitable for racing?"
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Barr, Scott <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com> wrote:
>
> The designation of a steering rack as "not suitable for racing" but otherwise
> suitable for general use is absurd. I, for one, would MUCH rather have my
> steering fail while driving at 60-85 mph around Blackhawk Farms Raceway than
> while driving 55 mph down some public road. At least at Blackhawk I'd stand
> a pretty good chance of running into a tire barrier instead of into a crowd
> of people or parked car or a stand of maple trees.
>
> I understand from a prior post on this thread that Moss is saying that they
> have resolved the issue with the defective racks. But any kind of disclaimer
> that a component like this is fine for street use but unsuitable for racing
> is absurd. My personal injury practice partners would have a field day with
> that.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tony Sheach
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 1:50 PM
> To: charly@mitchelplumbing.com
> Cc: <fot@autox.team.net> <fot@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 TR6 quick rack
>
> Charly
>
> There were a large number of failures of these racks in the UK on both road
> and competition cars. For MOSS to say that there was only one is simply
> untrue.
>
> I personally had TWO failures of brand new racks about 18 months apart. Both
> of these failures involved the pinion housing separating from the rack tube
> at high speed in very dangerous circumstances.
>
> I would NOT recommend the use of a MOSS rack to anyone, whether for road or
> competition use because the manufacturing quality is poor and the material
> quality is similarly inadequate. The information that I was given at a
> meeting face to face with MOSS in london have me the impression that some
> testing had been done, but the solution to the problem really had not been
> found (ie do the job properly).
>
> I now use a custom made rack which has a single piece pinion housing and rack
> tube made from billet aluminium. These are being made in the UK. I will never
> use a steering rack supplied by MOSS again.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 9 Nov 2015, at 07:04, Charly <charly@mitchelplumbing.com> wrote:
>>
>> Friends,
>>
>> I have a friend wanting to buy a quick steering rack for his TR4A. I
>> told him there was a problem with them, but I thought it was resolved. I
>> searched the archives and could find anything about it. Does someone in the
>> group know the outcome of the problems that were brought to Moss on these
>> quick racks?
>> Thanks,
>> Charly Mitchel
>> Tr6 #44
>>
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